Jolly Grecian Taxi Driver Conducts Nelson Reed On Visit To Acropolis, Parthenon
By NELSO.V REED
All the Greeks that we have
met have been very friendly
but the jolly taxi driver we had
today was the most. He giggled
and lauglted at everything he told
us as we drove around, and when
we left him he assured us that
he would always remember us
as we shall him.
First he took us up to t h e
acropolis which we had tried to
see two days before but tailed, for
the queen and her king consort
were showing it to Columbia
Broadcasting Company's televi
sion camera crew and the pub
lic was not allowed up, so perhaps
you may see it sometime on
television.
But this morning we scrambled
up the very rough stone path lo
gape open-mouthed at the mag
nificent columns of the Parthe
non. Much of the ornamental
stone carving and statues have
been packed away by the Ro
mans and later by the English,
but there is still much to marvel
at.
Picking our way carefully down
the rough stone walk to the park
ing place where we were to meet
our taxi again, we talked to a
most friendly and attractive
young Greek who was selling pic
tures and postcards. We bought
a few and he insisted on making
us a present of some others for
which he refused to take any
thing. From the acropolis we drove
to Piraeus and let me say right
here that no place we have been
In Greece is pronounced the way
Our professors insisted we should
pronounce it. But say it how you
will, Piraeus, the Port of Athens,
is a most interesting place. The
wonderful harbor is full of great
ships flying many flags, smaller
ships engaged in the inter-island
trade, and in the two yacht har
bors, as elegant yachts as you
will see in San Francisco or San
ta Barbara. ,
We had lunch on goat's milk,
cheese, salad, half a lobster each,
fresh fish, heavy crusted Greek
bread and white wine, sitting on
the terrace of a little Greek res
taurant overlooking the yacht har
bor. Waiters who knew how to an
ticipate your wants without be
ing a nuisance looked after us,
while under our chairs the weird
est assortment of stray cats
snatched at bits of fish we threw
them.
After lunch we drove through a
part of the town where some of
the refugees from the last war
with Turkey still live in v e r y
shabby looking stone hovels. Our
driver told us that many others
had been resettled in low cost
government apartments; that they
were Greeks from Asia Minor, and,
that many of the older ones spoke
only Turkish language.
Piraeus was bombed during the
last war by the Germans, the
English and then the Americans
Most of its citizens had to move
into Athens and share quarters
with people there. Nowhere in this
unfortunate country are you ever
free from the ravages of war.
This fine bright morning wc
took a car with an English speak
ing guide for a trip to Corinth
and across the Isthmus to the
canal cuts through the Isthmus
that connects Central Greece
with the Pelopnnesus.
It is a very deep cut some four
miles long that permits good sized
Peloponnesus. The Corinth ivesscls to go through from the
Ionian Sea to tlte Agean, saving
a long trip around. From the
highway bridge we looked down
several hundred feet at a Greek
steamer passing through the ca
nal. Here at Connlh. St. Paul
preached and later wrote h i s
Letters to the Corinthians
From Corinth we drove to the
famous ruins at Mycenae which
were discovered by Schliemann,
the great German archeologist.
Schliemann was an ardent stu
dent of Homer from his youth and
lie became convinced that the II
liad and the Odyssey were not
fairy stories but
Fish, Game
Meet Slated
The local chapter of the Ore
gon fish and Game Council, an
nrpanizatinn nf cnnrtcmn iwi,o.
senling six Oregon counties, will J
hold its regular meeting 7:30 p.m
Thursday, April 18, at the Wil-
lard Hotel, according to Bob Pyle.
president of the Klamath County
chapter.
ine council win discuss pro
posed bylaws which will be pre
sented to representatives of other
county chapters at a meeting in
Bend Saturday, April 27, and will
consider making a recommenda
tion to (he state legislature that
posts on the State Game Commis
sion be made elective rather than
appointive.
Included on the agenda will be
a tape recording of the Senate
hearing in which an interim com
mittee was established to study
game management practices of
the State Game Commission.
Frans Hals, celebrated Dutch
painter of portraits and groups,
had seven sons who were also
artists, according to Encyclopedia
Britannica.
were the true history of an early
Greek people. Thereafter he de
voted his life to locating and ex
cavating the ruins of Mycenae,
From the excavations and guided
hy the writings of a very early
Italian traveler, Pausanias Schlie
mann was able to reconstruct in
his mind the ancient city of My
cenae and the royal palace.
The museum here has a fine
collection of household utensils,
weapons of war, statues and jew
elry. Here, like at all the ruins,
you have to have a vivid imagina
tion to picture the ancient city
and the palace as the guides de
scribe them, for all you see is tum
bled walls and endless stone scat
tered around.
From Mycenae we drove through!
the fertile plains of Argolis where
there were many large orange and
olive groves and fields of wheal
knee high, irrigated by both sur
face water and water pumped
from wells. Occasionally we saw
fat sassy magpies, full twins to
those at home, or strange looking
crows that are grey on their backs
with black wings.
Climbing the hills from the
Plains of Argolis we reached the
ruins at Epidaurus. Here Aescula
pius, the father of medicine, prac
ticed his art. From all over
Greece the sick came to him
seeking a cure for their ailments.
Unlike the hocus-pocus practiced
by the priests of Delphi, Aescu
lapius was a true physician and
surgeon, as the wide assortment
of surgical instruments in the mu
seum testify.
Many of them look almost mod
ern, and remember Wis was zuou
B.C. Aesculapius was also said
to have prescribed what we
now call "shock treatment." All
of i his patients after they had
been properly cleansed physically
and morally by the proper sacri
fices to the gods, were made to
go down into a deep pit and gaze
at hundreds of snakes.
April 8
Today we left Athens by plane
and flew to, Crete just a short
flight across the Sea of Crete. Asl
soon as we had gotten settled in
our small hotel we took off with
small group, led by an English
speaking guide, to visit Crete's
famous museum.- It turned out to
be the finest we have seen in
Greece.
A famous English archeologist, saico. you can read the history of
sir Artnur tvans, had a hunchja civilization that reached a high
from the few relics that farmers sree 01 development, then de
had dug up in the area that this ! " '. r 8 ' e d and gradually at-
. . . , . '"" even jiijjner level.
city. So he bought the land and
started excavating. His hunch
was correct for he unearthed the
ancient city of Knossos. the birth
place of Minoan civilization and
the sight of King Minos' roval
paiace.
Sir Arthur established the mu
seum m which are the relics of
civilization that extends from the
Stone Age to the Roman era.
Through the display of weapons,
pottery, tools, jewelry and mo-
At Knossos Sir Arthur recon
structed part of the royal palace
so you get a clear idea of how
highly civilized the Minoans were
in 2000 B.C. The rooms in the
palace had running water piped
in irom springs on the mountain
side through jointed terra cotta
pipes. The water that ran into
the royal bathtub that was even
heated. There were pipe drains
under the tub and under the royal
toilet which was inside.
Knossos was the sight of theidreaded Minotaur who devoured
famous Bull Kider festival.
which took place each spring. The
story is that King Minos received
tribute from Athens of a number
of youths and maidens each year
to be trained as bull riders. It was
a very dangerous sport and many
were killed in training. Those whoi
survived became fine athletes who
could seize a charging bull by
the horns, turn a handspring over
his head to land standing on his,
back and then flip flop off him
onto the ground. I
the maidens. Then came Thetus,
the son of Aegeus, to slay the
Minotaur. To find his way out
nf the maze, if he succeeded in
killing the Minotaur, Thetus was
given a ball of string by his girl
friend, Ariane. Die daughter of
King Minos. Unraveling it as he
threaded his way through the
maze he found the Minotaur and
slaved it. He returned safely to
vied Ariane and become King
oi the Athenians. It is a verv
pretty story even if it is a myth
but tne bull dancers are not.
for
Here according to mythology you can see very exciting mur-
was the maze where dwelled thclals and slatucs of them.
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